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  2. Random number table - Wikipedia

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    The first tables were generated through a variety of ways—one (by L.H.C. Tippett) took its numbers "at random" from census registers, another (by R.A. Fisher and Francis Yates) used numbers taken "at random" from logarithm tables, and in 1939 a set of 100,000 digits were published by M.G. Kendall and B. Babington Smith produced by a ...

  3. List of random number generators - Wikipedia

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    Aperiodic pseudorandom number generators based on infinite words technique. SplitMix 2014 G. L. Steele, D. Lea and C. H. Flood [33] Based upon the final mixing function of MurmurHash3. Included in Java Development Kit 8 and above. Permuted Congruential Generator (PCG) 2014 M. E. O'Neill [34] A modification of LCG. Random Cycle Bit Generator ...

  4. Random number generation - Wikipedia

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    Dice are an example of a hardware random number generator. When a cubical die is rolled, a random number from 1 to 6 is obtained. Random number generation is a process by which, often by means of a random number generator (RNG), a sequence of numbers or symbols is generated that cannot be reasonably predicted better than by random chance. This ...

  5. A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates

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    The RAND table was an important breakthrough in delivering random numbers, because such a large and carefully prepared table had never before been available. In addition to being available in book form, one could also order the digits on a series of punched cards. The table is formatted as 400 pages, each containing 50 lines of 50 digits.

  6. Applications of randomness - Wikipedia

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    Random numbers have uses in physics such as electronic noise studies, engineering, and operations research. Many methods of statistical analysis, such as the bootstrap method, require random numbers. Monte Carlo methods in physics and computer science require random numbers. Random numbers are often used in parapsychology as a test of precognition.

  7. Fisher–Yates shuffle - Wikipedia

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    Their description of the algorithm used pencil and paper; a table of random numbers provided the randomness. The basic method given for generating a random permutation of the numbers 1 through N goes as follows: Write down the numbers from 1 through N. Pick a random number k between one and the number of unstruck numbers remaining (inclusive).

  8. Convolution random number generator - Wikipedia

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    In statistics and computer software, a convolution random number generator is a pseudo-random number sampling method that can be used to generate random variates from certain classes of probability distribution. The particular advantage of this type of approach is that it allows advantage to be taken of existing software for generating random ...

  9. Random number - Wikipedia

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    When a cubical die is rolled, a random number from 1 to 6 is obtained. A random number is generated by a random process such as throwing Dice. Individual numbers can't be predicted, but the likely result of generating a large quantity of numbers can be predicted by specific mathematical series and statistics.